Studios. Reporter im Tracy Davidson live in Port Richmond. We are here along frankford and price. The scene is right behind us. So its about two blocks behind us. Thats where the curve in the tracks was. It beared around to the left but the train went straight. A vast operation is underway but they cleared this so they could open frankford. This is Port Richmond. You can see the wreckage from last nights accident. First responders have been working by spotlight and flashlights to pull victims from the scene. They brought in more portable generators and lights. Five people are dead, six in critical condition. Dozens of other passengers are hurt. The mayor and governor ordered help from police fire and septa says there will be no service between philadelphia and new york. This happened around 9 00 last night. This happened between frankford and wheatsheaf. It was bound for new york city where it derailed near the curve in the tracks. Were right on the other side of where that curve was.
When he made the tests raising questions if someone should have seen him. Fbi reveelg he was on the radar two years ago and questions about terror involvement dismissed at the time interviewed the father of the suspect in 2015 after domestic dispute. Father then downplayed accusation and fbi concluded it was a domestic matter. Today the suspects father told cnn more. Now say hes a terrorist. Why did you call the fbi. He doing bad. What did he do. Stabbed my son. Hit my wife, and i put him into n jail two years ago. Investigators now attempting to question the suspect although police say he still isnt talking. One urgent question. Did he have help carrying out the alleged attacks. Down he acted alone . Its early on in the investigation. As we move through this, going to determine who the acquai acquaintances were and family and friends and go through social media and phones to make that determination. Reporter pointing to possible inspirations for the attack, a notebook carrying when ca
Home life. More in a moment first gym sciutto has the details. Jim sciutto has the details. Reporter some remarkable details here. One, he bought many of the components on ebay, shipping them to an address in new jersey. As recently as two days before the attack he was testing out these explosive devices. What looked like a cylindrical explosive device. Filming it on a relatives cell phone and then another onehalf buried in a backyard, laughing. Himself seen in the frame of the video laughing as he made this test. Raising reasonable questions as to whether someone should have seen or heard him do this. This as the fbi was revealing that he was on their radar screen two years ago. At least questions of his terror involvement dismissed at the time. Tonight u. S. Officials tell cnn the fbi interviewed the father of the suspect in 2014. After a violent domestic dispute led to a tip allegeding the father was calling his son a terrorist. After the father then down played the accusatioaccusat
Wrong. Along a more popular area of the city, the truck manages to get 20 blocks, striking people on the path along the way. I see two gentleman laying in the bike lane with tire marks across their body. And you could tell theyre not here no the truck crashes into school bus. The truck collided with a school bus injuring two adult and two children. The driver exits the vehicle brandishing what appear to be two guns. He was dragging his foot a little bit and was screaming in the street. He looked frustrated, panicked, confused. This video shows the gunman on foot. A Uniformed Police officer engages shooting the driver of the vehicle in the abdomen wounding him. Hes later taken to a local hospital. A paint ball gun and pellet gun are later recovered at the scene. This was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror. All told, eight are dead, 11 more injured. We know that this action was intended to break our spirit. But we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are
Along a popular area in the city, the truck manages to get 20 blockers striking people on the path along the way. I see two gentlemen laying right there on the bike line with tire marks across their body. You could tell theyre not here. The truck crashes into a school bus. At chamber street the truck collided with the school bus injuring two adults and two children. The driver exits the vehicle brandishing what appears to be two the buns. He looked frustrated, panicked, confused. This video shows the gunman on foot, a uniform Police Officer engaging, shooting the driver in the vehicle in the abdomen, wounding him. Hes taken to a local hospital a. Paintball the bun and a pellet gun are recovered at the scene. This was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror. All told, eight are dead, 11 more injured. We know that this action was intended to break our spirit. But we also know new yorkers are strong, new yorkers are resilient and our spirit will never be moved by an act